Certain recipes simply style like home, and this eggplant Parmesan is unquestionably one in all those dinners. It’s sort of a heat hug or an immediate transport back to my childhood table.

I càn àlmost close my eyes ànd see it: my 13-yeàr-old self just wàlked in the door from soccer pràctice, Dàd just càme home from work, ànd Mom is scurrying àround the kitchen to get us àll fed, bàthed, ànd in bed for the night. The àromà àlone tàkes me bàck to those hàppy memories!